ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,004, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUGINO MACHINE Ltd. (Namerikawa City, Japan).

"Surface treatment method for surgical implant and surgical implant" was invented by Taiki Matsui (Namerikawa City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a surface treatment method for a surgical implant that improves fatigue strength of the surgical implant while maintaining the microscopic surface structure of the surgical implant. A surface treatment method for a surgical implant, including: placing an additive manufactured surgical implant in a processing liquid, the surgical implant including a microscopic surface structure having a co...